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Ministry of Labour & Employment
Cabinet approves extension of last date of Registration under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana  from 30th June 2021 to 31st March 2022
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for extending the terminal date for registration of beneficiaries for availing the benefit under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana  for another nine months i.e. from 30th June, 2021 to 31st March, 2022. Consequent upon this extension, it is expected that 71.8 lakh employment will be generated in the formal sector as against the earlier projection of 58.5 lakh. As on 18.06.2021, benefit amounting to Rs.902 crore has been given to 21.42 Lakh beneficiaries through 79,577 establishments under ABRY.
Estimated expenditure of the scheme including the expenditure for the proposed extended period of registration upto 31.03.2020 will be Rs.22,098 crore.
This scheme is being implemented through Employees Provident Fund Organization  to reduce financial burden of the employers of various sectors/industries and to encourage them to hire more workers.
Under ABRY, establishments registered with EPFO and their new employees drawing monthly wage of less than Rs. 15,000/- are being benefited if the establishment recruits new employees or those who lost their job between 01.03.2020 to 30.09.2020.
Under ABRY, Government of India is crediting for a period of two years both the employees' and employers share'  or only the employees' share , depending on the strength of EPFO registered establishments. Detailed scheme guidelines can be seen on the website of Ministry of Labour & Employment and EPFO.
ABRY was announced as one of the measures under Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package to boost the economy and increase employment generation in formal sector during post Covid recovery phase. This scheme will minimize the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the country's economy and will ameliorate the hardship faced by low paid workers, provide incentive to employers for restarting and expanding business activities.
President's Secretariat
PRESIDENT OF INDIA ADDRESSES THE MEMBERS OF INDIAN COMMUNITY IN SURINAME AT A COMMUNITY RECEPTION
INDIA STANDS READY TO SUPPORT SURINAME IN ITS QUEST FOR PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT: PRESIDENT MURMU
PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR SERBIA
On the concluding day of her visit to Suriname, the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu addressed the members of Indian Community at a Reception hosted by the Ambassador of India to Suriname, Dr Shankar Balachandran in Paramaribo yesterday evening . Before the commencement of the Reception a two-minute silence was observed to condole the loss of lives in the rail accident at Balasore, Odisha.
Addressing the gathering, the President said that India and Suriname may be separated by geography, but the two countries are united by their shared history and heritage. Suriname and the Surinamese people hold a very special place in the hearts of Indians.
The President was happy to note that the Indian diaspora in Suriname has been and is playing a crucial role in the economic, political and social development of the country. She said that they have excelled in almost all areas. India is very proud of the achievements of the Indo-Surinamese and their role in the development of Suriname.
The President said that the Indian community acts as a bridge of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. She expressed confidence that they would continue to work hard in their respective fields and further strengthen the unique relationship between India and Suriname.
The President said that today, India is on a transformational path. India is creating new infrastructure to keep pace with fast paced growth. We are making efforts to take the global lead on the digital economy, new technologies, climate change action; and emerging as a knowledge society. India's remarkable economic resilience has garnered international recognition. She said that India stands ready to share its experiences and support Suriname in its quest for progress and development.
Earlier in the day, the President visited Lalla Rookh Museum, Arya Dewaker Mandir and Vishnu Mandir. She also paid floral tributes at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and paid respects at the monument of ‘Gevallen Helden 1902’ in Paramaribo.
Later in the evening, the President left for Belgrade - the final leg of her State Visit to Suriname and Serbia.
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Ministry of Minority Affairs
Minority Concentrated Districts
Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram , which is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, the communities notified as minority communities under Section 2  of the National Commission for Minorities Act , 1992 are taken as Minority Communities. The Central Government under the NCM Act, 1992 has notified six religious minority communities namely Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Muslim, Parsi and Jain.
The areas for implementation of PMJVK has been identified on the basis of substantial population of minority communities i.e. 25% of minority population in the area and backwardness parameters in the area concerned which are below the national average. The parameters for identification of Minority Concentration Areas are based on the data of Census, 2011. The details of backwardness parameters applied for identification of such areas are  religion-specific socio-economic indicators at the district /block/town viz. literacy rate, female literacy rate, work participation rate and female work participation rate; and  basic amenities indicators at the district/block/town level viz. percentage of households with pucca walls, percentage of households with safe drinking water, percentage of households with electricity and percentage of households with latrine facility within the premise. However, the assets created are available to the entire population of the identified area and do not exclude other communities.
Since 2014-15, the Ministry has sanctioned more than 49,000 major projects which includes 35 Degree Colleges, 174 Residential Schools, 1,546 School Buildings, 23,463 Additional Class Rooms/ACR Blocks, 14,312 Teaching Aid & Smart Classrooms, 684 Hostels, 23 Working Women Hostels, 97 ITI Buildings, 13 Polytechnics, 16 Skill Centres, 1,997 Health Projects, 01 Unani Medical College, 408 Sadhbhav Mandaps, 01 Sadbhav Kendra, 168 Common Service Centres, 553 Market Sheds, 09 Hunar Hubs, 5,455 Sanitation/Toilet projects, 76 Sports Facilities, etc.
In respect of 6 States/UT  where a minority community is in majority, a lower cut-off of 15% of minority population, other than that of the minority community in majority in that State/UT, has been applied for identification of MCD Hqrs, MCBs and MCTs.
Further, the Ministry of Minority Affairs is implementing various schemes which aim at educational empowerment, employment-orients skill development, infrastructure support, etc. for the upliftment of living standards of the notified minorities. The benefit of these schemes is available to all the minority communities  across the country including the above mentioned 6 States.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Health Secretary reviews actions and preparedness of States with concerned Ministries/Depts on Novel Coronavirus through video conference
Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary  chaired a video conference  with Health Secretaries from States/UTs along with senior officials from Ministry of Shipping, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Home Affairs to review their actions and preparedness for prevention and management of Novel Coronavirus, here today.
Secretary  informed that various precautionary measures have been undertaken in close coordination with the concerned ministries at the central level. She also said that while the situation is under control presently, States/UTs need to stay on alert and be vigilant on a continued basis. States were advised to enhance the awareness activities regarding the updated advisories. They were also advised to review the availability of earmarked isolation beds, Personal Protective Equipment  kits and N95 masks so as to ensure adequate preparedness. It was also suggested to states to strengthen their rapid response teams to counter any eventuality. States/UTs have reported that the protocols and guidelines issued are being followed.
At present, the screening of passengers is on in all 21 airports, 12 major Seaports and border crossings. In all 1984 flights and 215824 passengers were screened so far at 21 Airports. As of now, 1563 samples have been tested of which 3 samples had earlier tested positive . All Indian evacuees from Wuhan have tested negative for nCoV. 9678 persons are presently under community surveillance in 32 States/UTs.
Ministry of Coal
Ministry of Coal Takes up 68 First Mile Connectivity  Projects for Seamless Evacuation of Coal
51 FMC Projects Costing Rs.18000 crore To be Commissioned by Fiscal 2025
National Coal Logistic Plan to Focus on Mechanized Transportation
To strengthen India’s energy security and to realise AtmaNirbhar Bharat by replacing imported coal with domestically mined coal, the Ministry of Coal has set a target to produce 1.3 billion ton  in FY25 and 1.5 BT by FY30. Development of coal transportation that is cost efficient, fast and environmental friendly is important goal of the country.
Keeping in view of increased coal evacuation in future, Ministry of Coal is working on the development of National Coal Logistic Plan including First Mile Connectivity through railway sidings near coal mines and strengthening of Rail Network in Coalfields.
Ministry of Coal has formulated strategy to develop an integrated approach for eliminating road transportation of coal in mines and has taken steps to upgrade mechanized coal transportation and loading system under 'First Mile Connectivity' projects. Coal Handling Plants  and SILOs with Rapid Loading Systems will have benefits like crushing, sizing of coal and speedy computer aided loading.
Ministry of Coal has undertaken 51 first mile connectivity  projects  of 522 million ton per annum  capacity, out of which 8 Projects  of 95.5 MTPA capacity have been commissioned. These 51 projects will cost ~Rs 18000 crores and all of them will be commissioned by FY2025. Since CIL has taken up new projects in production of coal, it has been proposed to take up additional 17 FMC projects with capacity 317 MT to be implemented during FY20-27.
Study was undertaken through National Environmental Research Institute , Nagpur in 2020-21 on the environmental and cost benefits of FMCs. Report has established yearly reduction in carbon emissions, reduction in truck movement density and significant savings in annual diesel consumption and cost.
FMC projects will reduce manual intervention, precise pre-weighed quantity, reduced loading time and better quality of coal can be loaded. Reduced loading time will increase availability of rakes/wagon. Easing the load on road networks promotes cleaner environment and savings on diesel. It will be an all-round win-win situation for the company, railways and the consumers.
Finance Commission
Economic Advisory Council of the 15th Finance Commission to meet Tomorrow
The Chairman Shri N K Singh and the Members of Fifteenth Finance Commission will hold a day long meeting with the Economic Advisory Council of the Commission tomorrow.
The meeting is for a “Final discussion on GDP growth, tax buoyancy of the Centre and the States, GST compensation, revenue deficit grant and fiscal consolidation."
The following members of the Economic Advisory Council are likely to attend tomorrow’s meeting:
Pinaki Chakraborty, Dr. Prachi Mishra, Dr. Omkar Goswami, Dr. Sajjid Z Chenoy, Shri Neelkanth Mishra, Dr. Rathin Roy, Dr. D. K. Srivastava, Dr. Arvind Virmani, Dr. M. Govinda Rao, Dr. Sudipto Mundle, Dr. Shankar Acharya, Dr. Pronab Sen, Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian.
Ministry of Finance
Special Refund Fortnight from 31.05.2018 to 14.06.2018
Refunds of GST have been a concern for both the Government and Trade for the past several months. Till now, the Government has sanctioned more than Rs 30,000 crore as GST Refund. This includes an amount of Rs 16,000 crore of IGST and Rs 14,000 crore of ITC. The figures of ITC include sanction by both the Central and State Governments. Contrary to the press reports that there has been a dip in refund sanction after the first Refund Fortnight in March 2018, the refund sanctioned during May 2018 is to the tune of Rs 8,000 crore. Refund claims to the tune of Rs 14,000 crore  are pending with the Government as on date, as against the figure of Rs 20,000 crore projected by FIEO in the press reports. In order to liquidate the pendency, Government is starting a second “Special drive Refund Fortnight” from 31st May 2018 to 14th June 2018. This time the “Special Drive Refund Fortnight” would facilitate all types of Refund claims in which Customs, Central and State GST officers will strive to clear all GST refund applications received on or before 30.04.2018. This will include refunds of IGST paid on exports, refunds of unutilized ITC and all other GST refunds submitted in FORM GST RFD-01A.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs  is implementing a solution whereby the refunds held in GSTN, in cases where the exporters have mistakenly declared their export supplies as domestic supplies, would now be transmitted to Customs EDI System. A Circular No 12/2018 dated 29-05-2018 has been issued in this regard. On receipt of the records from GSTN, the Customs System would automatically process the refunds for sanction, if no other errors are committed by exporters.
Circular No 45/19/2018-GST has been issued on 30-05-2018 clarifying matters related to refund claims by an Input Service Distributor, composition dealer, exports of services and supplies made to SEZ. The circular also clarifies issues related to requirement of LUT in cases of export of exempted or non-GST goods and scope of restriction imposed under Rule 96.
All claimants may note the refund application in FORM GST RFD-01A will not be processed unless a copy of the application, along with all supporting documents, is submitted to the jurisdictional tax office. Mere online submission is not sufficient.
All GST refund claimants are encouraged to approach their jurisdictional tax authority for disposal of any of their refund claims submitted on or before 30.04.2018, which are still pending. In case the jurisdiction  has not been defined for a particular claimant, he/she can approach either of the jurisdictional tax authorities.
All IGST refund claimants may register on ICEGATE website, if not already done, to check their refund status. Customs field formations have been directed to gear up for anticipated response of the exporters by diverting additional manpower and infrastructural resources. Exporters are requested to come forward and avail of the opportunity to get the refunds sanctioned during this special drive.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
All Central Government employees aged 45 years and above are advised to get themselves vaccinated to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19
The Central Government has asked all its employees aged 45 years and above to get themselves vaccinated to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19. As per order issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions today, they are also advised to continue to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour even after vaccination by frequent washing of hands and sanitisation, wearing a mask or face cover and observing social distancing etc.
Government has been monitoring the situation very closely, and based on the strategy adopted for prioritizing the groups for vaccination to contain the spread of COVlD-19, currently, all persons of the age of 45 years and above can participate in the vaccination exercise.
The order further states that the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensionshas been issuing instructions from time to time regarding the preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Government approves stepping up of production of Remdesivir
The issue of availability of Remdesivir was reviewed by Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State, For Ports, Shipping and Waterways  and Chemicals& Fertilizers, Government of India in meetings with the all-existing manufacturers of the Remdesivir drug and other stakeholders on 12th and 13th April 2021, where decisions have been taken to increase production/supply and reduce prices of Remdesivir.
The current total installed capacity of the seven manufacturers of Remdesivir is 38.80 lakh vials per month. Fast-track approval has been given for seven additional sites having the production capacity of 10 Lakh vials /month to six manufacturers. Another 30 lakh vials/month production is lined up. This would ramp up the production capacity for manufacturing to around 78 lakh vials/month.
As an additional measure, Remdesivir, API and formulation were placed under Export ban on 11.04.2021by DGFT to increase the supply of Remdesivir in the Domestic Market. On Government intervention, Remdesivir supplies of approximately 4 lakh vials meant for Export is being diverted by manufacturers to fulfil domestic requirement. EOU/SEZ units are also being enabled to supply to the domestic market.
Manufacturers of Remdesivir have volunteered to reduce the price to less than Rs 3500 by the end of this week, to support the efforts of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, to Fight against COVID,
Manufactures of Remdesivir have been directed to give priority to fulfil hospital/institutional level supplies.
Enforcement Authorities of States and Central Govt. have been directed by DCGI to take immediate action on incidence of black-marketing, hoarding and overcharging of Remdesivir.
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority  is continuously monitoring the availability of Remdesivir.
Prime Minister's Office
PM expresses happiness over 100 percent electrification of Broad Gauge rail network in Uttar Pradesh
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi expressed his happiness over 100 percent electrification of Broad Gauge rail network in Uttar Pradesh.
In response to a tweet by Ministry of Railways about 100 percent electrification of Broad Gauge rail network in UP, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“Very good!”
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Export prohibited of all ventilators, including any artificial respiratory apparatus or oxygen therapy apparatus or any other breathing appliance/device; No Export of Sanitizers also
In its efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government today prohibited the export of all ventilators, including any artificial respiratory apparatus or oxygen therapy apparatus or any other breathing appliance/device. The Ventilators were put in the prohibited category on 19th March, 2020 itself. However, the notification  issued by Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry today further amended the export policy. It widens the ambit of products under the prohibited category and will prevent any scope of export of these items by any other classification.
The Government has also prohibited the export of all Sanitizers.
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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
KVK’s organic fish manure to hit market
Organic fish manure developed by Ernakulam Krishi Vigyan Kendra  under CMFRI is all set to hit the market with the brand name ‘Fishlizer’.
Two homemakers-turned-entrepreneurs Sini Sha from Cherai and Ivy Jose from Munambam set up their own start-ups, Lachoos Malsyavalam and Ivees Agro Hub respectively and adopted KVK’s technology of producing organic manure using wastes from fish markets.
The initiative is an outcome of a series of training programmes of KVK aimed at promoting start-ups in producing manure on a commercial-scale. Ernakulam Krishi Vigyan Kendra provided technology support to the women for producing the manure and linked them to the market, said Dr Shinoj Subramanian, Head, Ernakulam KVK. To ensure the quality of the product, KVK team will also regularly visit the start-up units, he added.
The women will initially sell the product by post and using online delivery options.
The manure is one of the best options for crops especially vegetables to increase productivity as it is developed by mixing fish wastes with cocopeat and converting them into organic manure using a microbial mix.
The fish fertiliser is processed through aerobic composting and contains a good number of microbes which are very beneficial to the soil. Since it is developed using microbial mix, the manure will not produce a foul smell. Nutrients contained in the fish are utilized fully as the coco peat in the product prevents leaching as it absorbs water from the fish. The fish manure offers good results as marine fish contains high levels of nitrogen and microbial elements.
The organic manure from fish wastes was developed in tandem with the Central Government’s Swachh Bharat campaign.
The women entrepreneurs can be contacted to get the manure by post and online. A packet of one kg costs Rs. 60. Ivees Agro Hub 9349257562. Lachoos Malsyavalam 9249203197.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari says committed to construct 18000 km of National Highways in 2022-23 at record speed of 50km per day
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has said ambitious targets to fulfil the ambitions of New India under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi we are committed to expanding the National Highways network across the country with the aim of constructing 18,000 km of NHs in 2022-23 at a record speed of 50km per day.
In a tweet he said overall target is to develop 2 lakh Kms of National Highway Network by 2025. The Minister emphasized constructing World Class Road Infrastructure in time Bound & target Oriented Way is essential as Road Infrastucture is the ‘Atma’ of Atmanirbhar Bharat.